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Eminence Front.... Circa 1982.... The WHO

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 7:18 PM | Add Comment

Default swaps insuring $10 million of Greek debt for five years cost $6.3 million in advance and $100,000 annually, according to CMA. That implies an 82 percent chance the government will default

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 7:00 PM | Add Comment

Wikipedia co-founder talks victory in SOPA Showdown

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:59 PM | Add Comment

"And then, GOP, watch out! Sure, it appears Paul is unlikely to mount a third-party campaign — he’s said so himself."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:57 PM | Add Comment

The move comes at a time when the American company, which already counts more users abroad than in the United States, is growing internationally at a rapid clip.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:54 PM | Add Comment

Russia’s deputy foreign minister: “We cannot support any U.N. resolution calling for the support of Assad’s resignation.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:51 PM | Add Comment

“We have decided in a common agreement with President Karzai to ask NATO to consider a total handing of NATO combat missions to the Afghan Army over the course of 2013,” Mr. Sarkozy said.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:49 PM | Add Comment

Wolfgang Schäuble. “I don’t agree with George Soros—not surprisingly.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:47 PM | Add Comment

“We have to see banks trust each other,” Mr. Draghi said. “That’s when we will say, ‘O.K., the market is functioning.’”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:45 PM | Add Comment

"It’s also quite conclusive in finding that private equity creates value in companies and delivers superior returns to its investors."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:44 PM | Add Comment

Mr. Volcker so far has declined to comment at length on the criticism of the rule. He plans to issue a comment letter to regulators in the near future, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:39 PM | Add Comment

French Retreat: "They shoveled $41.3 billion into Treasuries, increasing their U.S. government claims by 39 percent."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:33 PM | Add Comment

Jeffrey Winters, an American political scientist, has devised another way to appreciate the difference between the merely rich and the super-rich.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:31 PM | Add Comment

The fact that people were less likely to lie via video than in person was surprising, Xu said

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:28 PM | Add Comment

In total, the U.S. tort system cost $264.6 billion, which translates to $857 per person, versus $820 per person in 2009.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:27 PM | Add Comment

Both sides claimed victory over the ruling, which Transocean spokesman Lou Colasuonno said “discredits BP’s ongoing attempts to evade both its contractual and financial obligations”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:26 PM | Add Comment

Geithner said at the annual meeting. “That’s going to require a bigger commitment of resources.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:25 PM | Add Comment

Rock and Roll & Pat Travers - As heard in the movie - Sideways

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:37 AM | Add Comment

"No Going to the Darkside..." - From the Movie Sideways

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:32 AM | Add Comment

The price swings of 2011, led by worries about Europe's debt troubles and fears China would slam the brakes on its economy, have cast doubts about whether the decadelong commodities rally can continue.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:28 AM | Add Comment

"And this vision helps explain why Republicans were so furiously opposed to the single most successful policy initiative of recent years: the auto industry bailout."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:25 AM | Add Comment

“We were always supportive of regulatory changes, but cautioned against too far and too fast,” Ackermann said.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:21 AM | Add Comment

Two forged diplomatic pouches containing a total of 35 pounds (16 kilos) of cocaine were delivered last week to the UN headquarters

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:20 AM | Add Comment

To flourish, Japan needs to ease regulations, tap its female workforce and liberalize immigration. Lawmakers are doing none of the above.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:17 AM | Add Comment

Greece is effectively bankrupt, staggering under a debt load that the I.M.F. now estimates as equal to about 160 percent of its gross product

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:11 AM | Add Comment

Silicon Valley has also become a lucrative trough for political campaigns, with President Obama’s re-election campaign frequently taking him to California for fund-raising events

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:09 AM | Add Comment

Mr. Gingrich has embraced his newfound outsider’s status, and to the degree that attacks from Republican figures of the past several decades filter through to conservative voters, they could help Mr. Gingrich as much as hurt him.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:08 AM | Add Comment

The Original Tea- Partier!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:05 AM | Add Comment

The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 has three tests:

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:03 AM | Add Comment

“I want to mention the main lesson of the Holocaust when it comes to our fate. We can only rely on ourselves.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:01 AM | Add Comment